Before I get to this week’s recipe for Spiced Turmeric Broth with Roast Vegetables (a healthy and clean eating dish just in time after the past long weekend) I want to share some news. The image below was selected as the winner of the Food Blogger category in the 2017 Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year. It came us such a fantastic surprise and I am thrilled.

This recipe for Spiced Turmeric Broth with Roast Vegetables comes from the book The New Vegetarian by Alice Hart. I do not own the book but saw a photo of the dish somewhere online and started searching if I could find a recipe. As luck would have it, it was posted as a guest recipe on Nigella’s website.

The dish is much like a vegetable curry, deliciously fragrant with a beautiful golden colour. I want to describe it as “comforting and nurturing” as those were the words that came to me when I had it for dinner.

The turmeric broth recipe lends itself to be a basic recipe to work from and to make your own version as you please. You could use any root veggies of your choice except beetroot as the root will turn the broth a pink and the golden colour of the fresh turmeric is just too pretty to let go. Pumpkin and butternut would work really well, adding a bit of sweetness to all the spicy notes. I could not find coriander with roots so just used the stalks and replaced the coconut cream with coconut milk for a slightly lighter version. For a vegetarian version of the broth, replace the coconut cream with a vegetable stock and add a few splashes of cream.

The recipe calls for the turmeric broth to be served with wild rice but again you can replace that with brown rice, basmati would be delicious, even quinoa or couscous will work great. If you can’t find fresh turmeric, replace it with just under a teaspoon of dried turmeric. Enjoy!

I am off to Denmark next week to attend the 4th FoodPhoto Festival. It is four days of workshops, conference, exhibition and showing your portfolio to art buyers, editors and directors. I am first spending a week in Copenhagen exploring, eating, drinking and getting inspired by one of my favourite cities and I would love for you to follow along on my Instagram and Facebook accounts.